New Zealand opens prison wing for elderly
Unit where health-care needs of elderly inmates are considered set up at prison near Wellington.
Published On 12 Jul 2013
The world’s prison population is getting older.
In New Zealand, between 2000 and 2009 there was a 94 percent increase in those prisoners over the age of 50.
Al Jazeera’s Andrew Thomas reports from Wellington, where Rimutaka prison has opened a special wing for elderly inmates.
Source: Al Jazeera